EFEITOS DO TABACO NA LARINGE E NA VOZ - CEFAC
EFEITOS DO TABACO NA LARINGE E NA VOZ - CEFAC
EFEITOS DO TABACO NA LARINGE E NA VOZ - CEFAC
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SUMMARY:<br />
The objective of this study is to analyze deeply the pathological aspects in the larynx, caused by<br />
the tobacco. Moreover, it intends to clarify to the professionals of the voice and similar<br />
professionals, the other decurrent alterations of the tobaccoism of the smoker and of close<br />
individuals. It is important to spread the idea that the best way to prevent illness caused by<br />
smoking is to quit smoking. The population should be aware of this fact as well. This publication is<br />
a scientific analysis of last the ten years, in which the authors develop reflections on the<br />
tobaccoism and its implications in the life of the individual. When verifying the relation between the<br />
larynx alterations and the tobaccoism, it can be observed that the most frequent patologys are:<br />
Chronic laryngitis, Edema of Reinke, Polyps and, in a more advanced term, Carcinoma.<br />
Precancerous patologys also exist, as the leucoplasics boards, that appear in the vocal folds and<br />
in the larynx. All the cited diseases present vocal riots, being able to be confused with masculine<br />
voices on the telephone. In the female sex the clinical alterations are more evident than in the<br />
masculine sex, therefore the existing hormonal cycle in the woman modifies all the organism,<br />
including the voice. The study analyzes the consequences of the tobacco in the larynx of<br />
individuals of different economic and cultural levels, comparatively. It also verifies which is the real<br />
effect of the tobacco on the second-hand smokers. Some methods to eliminate the habit of<br />
smoking in addicted people are suggested, aiming to assist those who need to abandon the vice,<br />
before some treatment. The speech patogy can act in the vocal therapy for the improvement of the<br />
quality of the voice. However, to stop smoking is essential for the attainment of satisfactory results.